Lawmaker Trying To Bring Back Firing Squads

A Utah lawmaker plans to introduce a proposal that would bring back firing squads for the death penalty rather than using lethal injection. On Monday he appeared on Fox News’ Sean Hannity show to explain why he feels it would be beneficial.

“After what happened in Oklahoma, I mean, you’re not going to mess up a firing squad, right?” the host asked state Rep. Paul Ray (R).

“The only mess-up we had was in 1897, and we’ve got it right every time since then,” Ray responded.

His theory is that the state would be able to fall back on the firing squads should the Supreme Court rule that lethal injections can’t be used anymore or if Utah wasn’t able to get their hands on the drug cocktail. He then explained that even though people were saying that the execution in Oklahoma was “botched” it still proved to be effective.